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ArticleJournal of arthropod-borne diseases2025

Prevalence and Susceptibility Status of Body Louse (

Samira Firooziyan, Ahmadali Enayati, Ehsan Rikhtegar, Tahereh Sadat Asgarian, Mohammad Mehdi Sedaghat

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Samira FirooziyanPathogens and Vectors Research Center, Cellular and Molecular Medicine Research Institute, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Ahmadali EnayatiDepartment of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health and Health Sciences Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Ehsan RikhtegarDepartment of Internal Medicine, Taleghani Hospital, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Tahereh Sadat AsgarianDepartment of Vector Biology and Control of Diseases, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Mehdi SedaghatDepartment of Vector Biology and Control of Diseases, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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Background: The body louse spreads diseases such as epidemic typhus and louse-borne relapsing fever and has shown resistance to various insecticides. While deltamethrin is used to treat infestations in some countries, research on its effectiveness against body lice is limited. This study assessed the susceptibility of body lice to deltamethrin using a bioassay. Methods: Body lice specimens were collected from an addiction treatment camp in Urmia City, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. They were treated in 5 cm Petri dishes lined with 1 ml of various concentrations of deltamethrin (0.01, 0.02, 0.04, 0.08, 0.16, 0.32, 0.64, 1.28, and 2.56 ppm) in acetone. Thirty lice were tested per concentration, with mortality recorded after 24 hours. Lethal concentrations of 50% and 90% (LC Results: A positive correlation was observed between the concentrations of deltamethrin and probit mortality in the regression analysis. The calculated LC Conclusions: These findings suggest that the body lice population was susceptible to deltamethrin, suggesting its potential as an alternative treatment, pending further clinical studies.

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BioassayInsecticide resistanceIranPediculus humanusPyrethroid

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